Get Big Returns with a Tiny Bin

The CleanRiver Mini Bin is a highly effective and cost efficient way to save money by communicating the importance of recycling throughout your organization.

The CleanRiver Mini Bin is a 5-and-a-half inch tall desktop garbage can. It causes a change in culture by empowering people to think before they toss their waste and ask themselves whether it could be recycled instead. When combined with a strong communication plan the Mini Bin program will generate big cost savings and increase your diversion rate.

Hennepin County Government Center, Minnesota, replaced 3,000 employee desk side garbage cans with CleanRiver Mini Bins. At the same time they implemented central location recycling which meant that employees were responsible for emptying their Mini Bin and recycling bin into central recycling stations on each office floor.

Financial ROI for Hennepin County

Cost

Savings/year

Program Investment

$28,000

Savings on Waste Bin Liners1

($7,000)

Waste Hauling Savings2

($2,500)

Custodial Fees3

Reallocated service

Total

$28,000

$9,500 per year

Payback period4 = $28,000/$9,500 = 3 years

Under desk garbage cans were removed so Hennepin County didn’t need to purchase liners anymore.

Due to the decrease in landfill waste, Hennepin County Government Center saw a reduction in their waste hauling fees.

Hennepin county decided to reallocate custodial time to other areas of the facility.

The investment for the Mini Bin program will be paid off in as little as 3 years.